I just purchased a midrange model 2014 Mac Mini (2.6Ghz processor, 8GB ram) and before I turn it into a full fledged HTPC I figured I'd test it out. Immediately ran into a dead-halt, project breaking issue.
When I navigate to my fileserver and open any of my video files in VLC, they stutter like a nightmare. 1080p ~1.5GB blu ray rips make it about 10 seconds then lock up for a few, like it's having issues buffering or streaming. 720p videos make it about 30 seconds before the same stutter happens. I tried MplayerX too which seems to stutter less but still does it.
Everything is wired GigE, I can transfer the same video file from the server to the local HD in a matter of seconds, and local playback is 100% without issue. Activity monitor isn't showing the CPU maxing out or anywhere close to network saturation, and there's nothing else going on bandwidth intensive on the LAN.
The same files opened the same way on any of my windows PCs play flawlessly, it's only the Mac Mini that stutters.
The only thing I can think of is that the fileserver is running Windows Server 2012 and OSX wants to pick a fight. Any ideas would be much appreciated before this thing ends up getting itself returned and replaced with a Win8.1 NUC.
When I navigate to my fileserver and open any of my video files in VLC, they stutter like a nightmare. 1080p ~1.5GB blu ray rips make it about 10 seconds then lock up for a few, like it's having issues buffering or streaming. 720p videos make it about 30 seconds before the same stutter happens. I tried MplayerX too which seems to stutter less but still does it.
Everything is wired GigE, I can transfer the same video file from the server to the local HD in a matter of seconds, and local playback is 100% without issue. Activity monitor isn't showing the CPU maxing out or anywhere close to network saturation, and there's nothing else going on bandwidth intensive on the LAN.
The same files opened the same way on any of my windows PCs play flawlessly, it's only the Mac Mini that stutters.
The only thing I can think of is that the fileserver is running Windows Server 2012 and OSX wants to pick a fight. Any ideas would be much appreciated before this thing ends up getting itself returned and replaced with a Win8.1 NUC.